The renewed protests serve as a further reminder that Trump has not yet fulfilled his pledge to “Iranian patriots” during the January demonstrations that “help is on its way”.
Gotta be Trump’s fault in some way, obviously. But that’s pretty much a stretch, eh?
The Iranian monarchists are jumping up and down because Reza Pahlawi is being described in the media as the ‘pretender’ to the Peacock Throne.
Sorry, but he is. Iran is a republic and there is no crown. It is not a pejorative term. It is a factual position. The Duke of Orleans and Karl Von Habsburg are pretenders to their respective thrones too.
And James III was known as the Old Pretender.
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renewed protestsUS attacks serve as a further reminder that Trumphas not yet fulfilled his pledge tois a warmonger in the pay of “Iranian patriots”.Trump wrote a check that his ass can’t cash. He’s looking more and more like a toothless dog. His behavior lately has sabotaged his party’s chances in the midterms, as well as Vance’s in 2028.
Didn’t a carrier group just leave the Caribbean for points east? Presumably that’s “help is on its way”.
Must admit I generally feel that foreigners aren’t worth the cost of the ammo needed to kill them.
So I prefer to leave them alone to go to hell after their own fashion.
I expect that now Trump has sent in kinetic aid, the writer of this is over the moon with gratitude, yes?